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Evolving Beauty

Blending Science with the Arts to Foster Children's Understanding and Love of the Natural World

  • Welcome
  • About
  • All Projects (Listed in a Static Format)
    • Seasons Clock
    • “Circle of the Seasons’” Melodies and Lyrics Draft
    • Soil Citizens Page One
    • Soil Citizens Page Two
    • Little Worlds: The Living Soil
    • Composting – What and Why?
    • A Plant Starting Chart (for Student Observations of Sprouting Seeds / Plants)
    • A Daffodil Educational Activity Page Depicting Basic Above-ground, Flowering Plant Structures involved in Pollination
    • Strawberry Plants go to School
    • A Strawberry Plant Diagram – Form and Function
    • Why Buy Organically-Grown, Local Products?
    • Propagating Plants Vegetatively
    • Plant and Animal Partnerships
    • Coevolution: Blossoms and Pollinators
    • Drawing to Learn about Blossoms and Pollinators
    • What Do Most Land Plants Need to Grow? A Pre-Game Visual Arts Project for the Plants to Grow Relay Race –
    • Bumblebee & Blueberry Plant – A Coloring Page about Mutualism
    • Fall Perennials: Asters, Goldenrod, Queen Anne’s Lace, and Milkweed
    • A Monarch Larva near the Milkweeds: A Sample Adventure
    • A Few of the Insects Living on Milkweeds
    • Complex Interactions in the Milkweed Patch
    • Our School ‘Orchard’
    • Taste Testing Form for Heirloom Apples, Tomatoes or Other Foods from Plants
    • Apple Stories
    • Apples- Form, Function, and a Few Partners
    • The Pear Tree
    • Herbal Teas
    • Seed Dispersal: Traveling Seeds, pt. 1
    • Seed Dispersal: Traveling Seeds, pt. 2 – using words or images to show learning
    • A Diagram about Forest Succession in the Northeastern United States
    • Insect Songsters
    • Pond Pockets: Sunfish, Painted Turtle, Damselfly, and More!
    • Spotted Salamander’s Life Cycle
    • Frogs and a Toad: A Coloring Page Highlighting a few North American Amphibians of Note
    • Hummingbirds to Fly
    • Owls of the NE Forestlands: Barred Owl, Great Horned Owl, and Northern Saw-whet Owl
    • Nests of a Few Common Birds of the Northeast Temperate Forestlands
    • A Baltimore Oriole Family and their Nest
    • A Few Common Mice
    • Squirrels and Hickories
    • Squirrel and Hickory Armbands
    • A Beaver Family Diorama
    • Deer in the Forest
    • Woodchuck’s Guests
    • Woodchuck Name Tag
    • Maple Sugaring
    • Winter Adaptations
    • A Grasshopper Pet to Assemble
  • Special Projects
    • Northeastern Woodlands Native American Cultural Studies
      • A Diorama about Native American Life in 1500 in the NE Woodlands
      • Native Americans and Plants of N.E. Fields and Forests – Partnerships
      • A Map of Native American Homelands in 1600
      • Native American Harvest
      • Native American Family
      • A Paper Replica of a Native American Birchbark Container
      • Native American and European Exchanges
      • Native American Plant Use Chart
      • A Few Native American Games
      • Native American Words in the English Language
      • NH Farm to School’s NH Indigenous Harvest Calendar and Activities, September 2020
      • An Annotated Field Trip about the Indigenous Peoples of the Lower Merrimack River Valley (Draft)
    • Organic Farming & Gardening and Laudato Si’ Resources for Teachers and Other Adults
      • Why Buy Local Organic? A Two-Page Justification
      • 9 Coloring Pages created for NOFA-NH / Northeast Organic Farming Association 
      • Celebrating the Universe, Evolution, and Care for Creation through a Pageant for the Feast of St. Francis
      • A Few Sample Farming, Gardening, and Natural History Related Illustrations in Various Media
      • Laudato Si’ and Environmental Education and Actions
      • Gardening For Resilience – A Case Study of the IJS effort and a reprint of the 2 part article from “Earth Beats”
    • Traditional Games Supporting Materials (including Draft of ‘Circling the Sun, Racing the Wind’)
      • A Draft of the Activities Collection, “Circling the Sun, Racing the Wind”
      • Circling the Sun, Racing the Wind – Little Songs and Chants
        • A Singing Circle Game about Food Chains, Energy Flow, and the Sun: Hawk in the Nest
        • Song Lyrics and Melodies – “Blue Jay through the Forest” and “The Roving Bumblebee”
        • Song Lyrics and Melodies – “Berry in its Beak” Seed Dispersal Audio
        • Song Lyrics and Melodies: “There’s a Mosquito in these Woods” and “When the Beavers Build a Dam”
    • 2019 Patterns & STEAM Workshop for the NHAEA – Supplementary Materials
      • Patterns and STEAM Learning: a Workshop for the October 18, 2019 NHAEA Conference (Part 1 of 4)
      • Patterns and STEAM Learning for the October 18, 2019 NHAEA Conference – Examples Inspired by Andy Goldsworthy’s work (Part 2 of 4)
      • Patterns and STEAM Workshop for the October 18, 2019 NHAE Conference (Part 3 of 4)
      • Pattern Design and STEAM Workshop for the October 18, 2019 NHAE Conference (part 4 of 4)
    • A Systems Activity, published in Green Teacher Magazine, Winter 2018
    • Blossom and Rainbow Cone Baskets – STEAM Crafts for Celebrating Flowers and Friends in May
    • Yarn Bracelets for Ecological Learning and Art Skills
    • Webinar on Gardening with Games and the Arts, April 6, 2023
      • A few Online References for the ‘Gardening with Games and the Arts’ Webinar, April 6, 2023
  • Reimagining Traditional Games for Deeper Ecological Learning Webinar
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Soil Citizens Page Two

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